Season 2, Episode 10: The Rover-DogVacay Merger (with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly)

Acquired wraps up Season 2 with our first “elusive”
private-private merger: Rover.com and its 2017 combination with
rival pet care marketplace DogVacay. We’re joined by Rover CEO
Aaron Easterly to dive into the full history of how the crazy
idea of “Airbnb for dogs” not only became a billion-dollar
company, but also brought our heroes together for the first time
and led to the founding of Acquired!


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